HT
Blog – Tuesday 21 January 2025
I
start this week’s blog by congratulating Mr Hughes and the Senior Football Squad
for successfully progressing to the quarter-finals in the English Schools’
Football Association U18 Schools Cup. Last
week they all travelled up to Southend to play Southend High School Boys in the
last 16 of the competition. I was
fortunate to watch them secure the win, but it certainly did not come without a
fight. The final score was 5 – 3 to MGS,
but on three occasions Southend High School led, and on two occasions when we
scored to equalise, Southend took the lead within a minute. It was a very tense match. Well done to everyone involved, and we now
look forward to the next round against Hampton School.
Continuing
the congratulations, well done to Patrick of Year 9 and Corpus House who, after
a successful 2024, has just been selected to represent Kent within the Kent
County U14 Golf Squad. Well done,
Patrick.
More
sport news, good luck to the U14 rugby squad who play in the last 16 of the
National Cup against Whitgift School on Wednesday and thank you to Mr Cooper
for supporting the players all season.
The
time has come to search for the next school captain and school
vice-captain. On Friday last week I
spoke to the entire Year 12 to launch the application process and encourage
those students who are interested to apply.
This is the best time of year for me as I get to work with, and learn
more about, some of our outstanding Maidstonians who wish to aspire for the two
roles. Good luck to everyone who
applies.
This
week we invite parents and carers of Year 11 to attend the Year 11 Consultation
Evening: an evening for the students and their families to hear how they are
getting on and how they can utilise the next few months before the GCSE
examinations in the summer. I am sure it
will be a positive evening for many.
On
Sunday the 24 year 12 students travel to New York and then onto Boston to
attend the Harvard Model United Nations Conference. The students have been preparing for this
trip for the last four months, and so are very much prepared for what they will
be experiencing. A huge thank you to
Isaac of Year 13 and Mr Andrews for supporting them over those last four
months.
Finally,
despite it being the third week of the new term, this week Mr Hanratty, one of
the deputy heads, will be saying Happy New Year to MGS as he leads the New Year
assemblies to each house. We look
forward to hearing what he has to say.